单元 29: Annoying advice
Verb patterns
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- 1Pop-ups
- 2Hidden talents
- 3Can't buy me love
- 4Travellers' tales
- 5The colleague from hell
- 6Jurassic mystery: unpacking the past
- 7Career changes
- 8Art
- 9Project management
- 10The dog ate my homework!
- 11The diary of a double agent
- 12Fashion forward
- 13Flat pack skyscrapers
- 14Extreme sports
- 15Food fads
- 16Me, my selfie and I
- 17Endangered animals
- 18A nip and a tuck: cosmetic surgery
- 19I'm really sorry...
- 20Telling stories
- 21Fakes and phrasals
- 22Looking to the future
- 23Becoming familiar with things
- 24From rags to riches
- 25Against the odds
- 26Our future on Mars?
- 27Where is it illegal to get a fish drunk?
- 28Dodgy dating
- 29Annoying advice
- 30I'll have been studying English for thirty weeks
课程 1
How much of William Shakespeare's writing can you quote? Probably more than you think! Learn some idioms from 'the Bard' which are in common use today.
Learn from the Bard!
In 6 Minute Vocabulary we learned some popular idioms which came from Shakespeare, such as the be-all and end-all, forever and a day, and a wild-goose chase.
But can you remember their meanings? This is your chance to use some lines from Shakespeare!
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Choose the correct idioms from Shakespeare to complete the sentences.
A wild-goose quiz
8 Questions
Don't spend forever and a day on this quiz, just try to choose the correct Shakespeare idioms to complete the sentences!
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Don't spend forever and a day on this quiz, just try to choose the correct Shakespeare idioms to complete the sentences!
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Your job isn't the most important thing, is it?Question 1 of 8
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Don't spend forever and a day on this quiz, just try to choose the correct Shakespeare idioms to complete the sentences!
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It's not certain they'll win.Question 2 of 8
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Don't spend forever and a day on this quiz, just try to choose the correct Shakespeare idioms to complete the sentences!
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All these things happened at the same time.Question 3 of 8
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Don't spend forever and a day on this quiz, just try to choose the correct Shakespeare idioms to complete the sentences!
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Which phrase means that he's very kind and generous?Question 4 of 8
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Don't spend forever and a day on this quiz, just try to choose the correct Shakespeare idioms to complete the sentences!
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It can be quite scary speaking in front of large numbers of people.Question 5 of 8
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Don't spend forever and a day on this quiz, just try to choose the correct Shakespeare idioms to complete the sentences!
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It looks like they're talking about food...Question 6 of 8
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Don't spend forever and a day on this quiz, just try to choose the correct Shakespeare idioms to complete the sentences!
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Which of these means 'a long time'?Question 7 of 8
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Don't spend forever and a day on this quiz, just try to choose the correct Shakespeare idioms to complete the sentences!
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Looks like an attempt to find something...Question 8 of 8
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Next
Well, it might not be the same as writing Hamlet, but at least you've correctly used some of Shakespeare's lines. But which plays do these lines come from? Next, we have a 'quote battle' between two of his most famous plays.
本课词汇
be the be-all and end-all
be the most important thinga dish fit for the gods
the best possible food you can servebe not for the faint-hearted
be not suitable for people who lack courage or determinationforever and a day
a very long timebe a foregone conclusion
be a result that is certain to happenin one fell swoop
all at once and suddenlyhave a heart of gold
be very kind and caringa wild-goose chase
a situation where you waste time chasing something you can’t get